Jeremiah 17:9

NETBible

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. 1  Who can understand it?

NIV ©

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

NASB ©

"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

NLT ©

"The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

MSG ©

"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out.

BBE ©

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

NRSV ©

The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse—who can understand it?

NKJV ©

"The heart is deceitful above all things , And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

KJV
The heart
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[is] deceitful
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above all [things], and desperately wicked
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who can know
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it?
NASB ©
"The heart
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is more
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deceitful
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than
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all
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else And is desperately
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sick
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; Who
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can understand
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it?
LXXM
bayeia
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A-NSF
h
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T-NSF
kardia
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N-NSF
para
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PREP
panta
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A-APN
kai
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CONJ
anyrwpov
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N-NSM
estin
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V-PAI-3S
kai
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CONJ
tiv
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I-NSM
gnwsetai
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V-FMI-3S
auton
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D-ASM
NET [draft] ITL
The human mind
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is more deceitful
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than anything else
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. It is incurably
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bad. Who
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can understand
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it?
HEBREW
wnedy
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ym
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awh
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snaw
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lkm
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blh
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bqe (17:9)
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NETBible

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. 1  Who can understand it?

NET Notes

1 tn Or “incurably deceitful”; Heb “It is incurable.” For the word “deceitful” compare the usage of the verb in Gen 27:36 and a related noun in 2 Kgs 10:19. For the adjective “incurable” compare the usage in Jer 15:18. It is most commonly used with reference to wounds or of pain. In Jer 17:16 it is used metaphorically for a “woeful day” (i.e., day of irreparable devastation).

1 sn The background for this verse is Deut 29:18-19 (29:17-18 HT) and Deut 30:17.